Antedating of "Fox-Hole"

[Stephen Goranson]

Unconfirmed snippets at British Newspaper Archive:

 SECOND-LIEUT. BILLIE IMPETT & HIS THEIR EXPLOITS WITH THE STICKERS ON WESTERN FRONT
“... kept your fox-hole up to its old height. Now, listen, Impett, you said the fox-hole wasn't much damaged. No, it isn't, but we can't ... ”
Sunday 30 December 1917 ,  The Sunday Post ,  Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type:  Illustrated    Words:  4074    Page:  4

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 AUSTRIA'S SHORTAGE OF MEN
“... their fox-holes and wait another day or another day and : -ht. sleepless, and totally nerveraoked, until the Russians choose to come to the attack. This attack, ... ”
 Wednesday 12 July 1916 ,  Nottingham Evening Post ,  Nottinghamshire, England
Type:  Article    Words:  1314    Page:  2

Stephen Goranson
http://people.duke.edu/~goranson/


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HDAS 1 contains two 1918 exx. from diaries, though Fred's may be a few days
earlier.

JL


On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 7:20 AM, Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu>wrote:

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> fox-hole (OED 1919)
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> 1918 _N.Y. Tribune_ 9 Sept. 1 (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)  The
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> ns throughout the day kept to their positions in the dripping woods or in
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> heir water-soaked fox holes and trenches, while the artillery of both
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>  sent over shells.
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> Fred Shapiro
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